About This Item

  • TitleThe work of vandals
  • Call NumberCRIM_0167
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • SummaryVandalized room with smashed furniture and debris. Caption: "THE WORK OF VANDALS: This is how the ground floor interior of the Sheepshead Bay Boys Club at 2812 E. 28th St. looked after vandals, believed by police, today continuing the search for the culprits, to be juvenile delinquents, caused an estimated $3,500 worth of damage to the two-story building, including the desecration of an American flag over the doorway. Paint was smeared over the smashed pool tables shown."
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Vandalism
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.